Bidding Basics
12 lessons · 4 weeks
Count your points, open the bidding and find the right contract with your partner.
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This is how every Tenace lesson works: a real hand, one decision, and instant feedback that explains the why.
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13 high-card points. Pick your opening bid:
The answer is 1♥.
13 points and five hearts: open your longest suit. Five-card majors come first.
15 high-card points. Pick your opening bid:
The answer is 1NT.
15 points and a balanced shape with no five-card major: that's a textbook 1NT.
7 high-card points. Pick your opening bid:
The answer is Pass.
Only 7 points. Opening needs about 12, so pass and let partner speak.
12 lessons · 4 weeks
Count your points, open the bidding and find the right contract with your partner.
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Opening leads, signals and counting: the skills that turn good players into partners people want.
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Cue bids, key cards and the confidence to bid the big ones.
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Make the defenders do your work for you in the final tricks.
View courseAll times CET · 60 minutes · max 12 players
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“I'd watched my parents play for years. Three months in, I'm the one explaining squeezes at family dinners.”
“The instant feedback is the magic. I finally understand why I lose tricks, not just that I lose them.”
“Our club moved its beginner nights online with Tenace and membership doubled in a year.”
“Live lessons are small enough that the teacher knows your name, and your bad habits.”
Learn the rules and play your first hands.
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Everything you need to improve every single week.
$12/ month · or $120 a year
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Begin with Bidding Basics. It assumes no experience and gets you playing full hands by the second week.
No. Practice deals pair you with a computer partner, and live lessons match you with other students.
Yes. Lessons and practice deals work on any phone, tablet or computer, and your progress syncs between them.
The Club plan covers up to 30 members. Larger clubs can ask us for a custom quote.
Standard American and Acol, so you can play comfortably at clubs on both sides of the Atlantic.
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